Using physician search, if you willing to travel to Winfield there is 1 accepting new patients:Dr. Jan, Paleta802-11850 Oceola RdLake Country, BCV4V 2T5T: 7784806890Practice type: General Family PracticeCCFPGender: MaleAccepting new patients: Yes

Wouldn't your old doctor have referred you to a new one when he left? Or had a replacement taking over his patients?

When my doctor retired, I was immediately transferred to his replacement- I didn't have to do anything.

Seems a bit strange that a family physician with a case load of say 200 patients that they would all be left to their own devices in finding a new doctor-especially when there are so few accepting new patients.

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Good luck finding a good doctor. It was tough 10 years ago when there were at least several clinics around.I pretty much have to book an appointment with my doctor months in advance now that his clinic closed.

Bman wrote:A family physician with 200 patients?How sick are people?Do they each go twice a month?

goalie wrote:There should be a 5-10$ fee for each visit. Would deter people from going for every little issue.

While i agree that some people do tend to go in for silly reasons, charging people for visits would kinda be tough if you've suffered from a major health issue and have many follow ups. Could mean multiple visits over a certain period.

Loki2u wrote:Wouldn't your old doctor have referred you to a new one when he left? Or had a replacement taking over his patients?

When my doctor retired, I was immediately transferred to his replacement- I didn't have to do anything.

Seems a bit strange that a family physician with a case load of say 200 patients that they would all be left to their own devices in finding a new doctor-especially when there are so few accepting new patients.

same here, my gp of 15 years retired last year ,new doctor took over all his patients i also had to do nothing

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Loki2u wrote:Wouldn't your old doctor have referred you to a new one when he left? Or had a replacement taking over his patients?

When my doctor retired, I was immediately transferred to his replacement- I didn't have to do anything.

Seems a bit strange that a family physician with a case load of say 200 patients that they would all be left to their own devices in finding a new doctor-especially when there are so few accepting new patients.

same here, my gp of 15 years retired last year ,new doctor took over all his patients i also had to do nothing

Our family as well. Our now retired doc transferred everything to a new doctor.

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